Notícies
Quantum Fluctuation Theorems for arbitrary environments
Sept. 10, 2018
Thermodynamics, the branch of physics concerned with heat and temperature and their relation to energy and work, can be extended far beyond the large macroscopic systems of our daily lives. However, stochastic fluctuations in thermodynamic quantities—like work, heat, and entropy—become …
How do ants move?
June 28, 2018
The behavior of social animals, such as insects, is a paradigmatic example of a collective phenomenon that emerges from individual behavior. A research article published by researchers at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC, UIB-CSIC) in collaboration …
Pint of Science 2018
May 8, 2018
Pint of Science, the science popularization festival that proposes a meeting between researchers and the public in the bars, arrives on the 14, 15 and 16th of May in Palma de Mallorca.For three consecutive days (14, 15 and 16 May), …
Big Data to characterize the spatial integration of immigrant communities
March 15, 2018
A research team analyzes the spatial integration of immigrant communities using language detection and tweet localization Due to the globalization process, the world's major metropolises are increasingly characterized by a growing heterogeneity in their populations. Newly arrived immigrants face challenges …
High frequency neurons determine effective connectivity in neural networks
Jan. 15, 2018
Understanding how information is routed and processed in the brain is essential to understand its operation. However, this is not an easy task: the brain is a extremely complex network containing billions of neurons, each with its own connections. In …
It's not quantum mechanics that's weird - it's us
Nov. 20, 2017
Quantum theory is famously mind-boggling. But do its paradoxes mean we haven’t yet understood it?Quantum mechanics is so notoriously difficult that Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman cheerfully admitted that even he didn’t understand it.The reason is not that quantum theory is …
Complex Pints
Nov. 8, 2017
On October 7, students enrolled at the the Master in Complex Systems, official degree taught by IFISC, organized the outreach event Complex Pints at Cafè Teatre Tertúlia. As part of the “Introduction to Complex Systems” subject the students had the …
IFISC participated in the II Fira de la Ciència i la Tecnologia d'Inca
Oct. 31, 2017
Members of IFISC (Claudio R. Mirasso, Cristian Estarellas, Marcos Galletero and Adrián García) participated in the II Fira de la Ciència i la Tecnologia d’Inca (October 28-30). Both seniors and children were able to visit the IFISC stand in order …
PhD Thesis: Spin and charge transport in thermally and AC driven nanodevices
Oct. 19, 2017
We are proud to congratulate Maria Isabel Alomar on the recent successful defense of her thesis work, "Spin and charge transport in thermally and AC driven nanodevices", supervised by David Sánchez.Her thesis, defended on Monday 9th October, deals with spintronic …
Reversal of thermoelectric current in tubular nanowires
Sept. 4, 2017
An international team of researchers, including an IFISC (CSIC-UIB) member, predicts an inversed current in nanowires subjected to strong thermal gradients.The thermoelectric effect arises when the sides of a conductive material are held at different temperatures. The resulting energy difference …